Trip to Washington

Dave had another business trip last week so instead of staying home Cohen and I flew up to Washington to see my family. It was a short but good trip. Over all Cohen didn't do too bad on both flights which was good. I had to walk with him the whole first one (when we were allowed to be standing) and the second flight he was ok with sitting as long as he got to get a little sad every once and a while.

When we got to Seattle my mom and Kiernan were there to greet us. Cohen slept the whole drive home and woke up in the family room in his car seat while I was putting stuff in our room. He started to cry when he didn't recognize anything but he calmed down once I rescued him from the stranger (my dad). Cohen and I went with my dad and Riley on their walk that night where Cohen first started his sleep for the night. He slept a lot that day and so I was nervous he'd be up all night but he slept 9 hours straight that night which was fantastic.

The next day my mom had a brunch so she could show off Cohen. It was fun to see people and eat yummy food. Cohen got a lot of presents which was so nice of a lot of the ladies to do. I think his favorite thing he got though was one of the wrapping papers. He played with that for days.

 The next day Cohen got to watch PB and J Otter with Kiernan who had recorded it just for him. They both had a lot of fun watching the cute show together.

   Then we got all ready and went with my mom who was taking Jessy and her friend to the mall. Cohen loved looking around all the stores and seeing all the people. His favorite store was the Disney store with all there fun colors.

Valentines Day

 

That night we went to Fatburger for dinner which was fantastic. It was something I had been missing since moving to California so it was a great treat to finally get some tasty burgers. Then Cohen and I watched the last few minutes of the Heat/Thunder game with my dad. Then it was time for bed for Cohen and my mom and I watched about half of "The Best Marigold Hotel" until we decided we were tired too. So even though I didn't get to spend Valentine's Day with Dave, I was glad to have my little Valentine and family to share it with.

 

Friday was a great sunny day. I had to take advantage and had my dad snap a few pictures of Cohen and me. Right before that I got a much needed haircut too.

my mom wanted some too so I took a few of her with Cohen

Wearing Kiernan's VERY HEAVY pack

We finished our movie really quickly, stopped in at the Goddard School and then Cohen, my mom and I headed to Bellevue to go eat at Ivar's, another food place I had been missing. Then we went across the street to crossroads where we did a little shopping. That night we watched "Mama Mia".

 

The next day was a pretty low key day. We went to Target really quick. I made Cohen two bowties. We got Cohen's baby blanket's back sewed on. And we just hung out around the house.

Sunday we went to church, came home, I finished packing really quick while Cohen slept, ate lunch, and then headed back to the airport. When we finally landed Dave was waiting for us in the car. We said hi, headed home, and jumped into bed.

Cohen with his grandma and the blanket she made him

Waiting for everyone else to get seated on the plane